Matt McGrath, BBC News
A new study indicates that bed bugs in the US have developed resistance to neonicotinoids, the most widely used insecticide in the world.

Geri Aston, Health Facilities Management
It's not often that new hospital programs are envisioned by a physician's mom, but it happened in the geriatric emergency department at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, N.J.

Toni Gatz, Facility Care
The triple aim to increase the spirit of wellness within a healthcare environment is a belief that new designs must simultaneously optimize worker performance, productivity and patient satisfaction.

Michelle Cortez and John Lauerman, Bloomberg Business
Medical-device companies, under pressure from hospitals and health insurers to keep expenses down, are capitalizing on strong cash flows and the stumbling stock market to beef up cost-controlling technologies that may be critical to maintaining growth.

Infection Control Today
To create meaningful awareness of the patient safety risks and the economic burden to the U.S. healthcare system of outdated hand hygiene compliance measurement, eight U.S.-based hand-hygiene compliance solution providers have formed an alliance. The Electronic Hand-hygiene Compliance Organization (EHCO™) aims to lead and influence changes in hand-hygiene measurement policy and guidelines at accreditation organizations, government agencies, health insurers, and hospitals.

Stephen Feller, UPI
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is asking dialysis providers to improve their infection control practices because of an increased number of patients acquiring the hepatitis C virus.

Stephanie Nebehay and Ben Hirschler, Reuters
The World Health Organization declared the mosquito-borne Zika virus to be an international public health emergency as the disease linked to thousands of suspected cases of birth defects in Brazil spreads rapidly.

Barbara Mistick, New York Times
I waited until it was too late to get the best feedback I ever received in my life.

Lydia Dishman, Fast Company
Here’s a new angle on the gender divide in leadership: Men and women score nearly equally in their ability to drive businesses, but fewer women are able to get beyond lower-level leadership positions.

Plan your education for 2016. Visit AHE’s brand-new 2016 ENGAGE site to learn more about educational courses, podcasts, webinars, and events.

AHE’s strategic goals include advancing and shaping the environmental services profession. To achieve these goals, AHE has partnered with other industry leaders who support its mission and strategic goals to offer educational white papers, position papers, reports, guidelines, recommendation and solutions to members. These resources are available to members only for download in PDF format.

The AHE awards and recognition program acknowledges and elevates professionals who have demonstrated the highest level of excellence and leadership. Award recipients are those who work towards advocating and educating themselves on best practices and standards, developing new leaders within a hospital or healthcare facility, and promoting the environmental services profession.
Applications Due June 17, 2016.

EXCHANGE 2016 will be held on September 25-28, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, PA. This year, EXCHANGE attendees can look forward to:
Infection Prevention Certificate of Mastery Preconference Program for Environmental Services Leaders Preconference Workshop
CHESTPreconference Workshop
Micro Sessions
Healthcare Marketplace

If interested in contributing to EXPLORE by authoring a best-practices article, email Russell Underwood, EXPLORE editor, for more information. The magazine covers all aspects relevant to health care environmental services professionals.

How environmental services, infection prevention, and health care laundry can enhance linen stewardship and awareness.
Chad Basham, MBA, CHESP, Nellie League, MSN, RN, NE-BC, and Lynn Moreau, BSN, RN, EXPLORE magazine

25 essential considerations for evaluating the health care laundry.
Gregory Gicewicz, EXPLORE magazine